In the Beginning | Delibris

[In the Beginning]

RATZINGER, Joseph

Type:

Non Fiction

Public:

Generic

Tags:

Theology

Publisher:

Burns & Oates

Year of publication:

2005

Pages:

112

Moral assessment:

Type: Thought

Nothing inappropriate.

Requires prior general knowledge of the subject.

Readers with knowledgeable about the subject matter.

Contains doctrinal errors of some importance.

Whilst not being explicitly against the faith, the general approach or its main points are ambiguous or opposed to the Church’s teachings.

Incompatible with Catholic doctrine.

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Recommendable:

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These five superb homilles provide a clear and biblically based explanation of the first few chapters of the Bible. While the stories of the creation of the world and the fall of humankind have often given rise to conflict - fundamentalists twist them into science and history while rationalists approach them by 'divorcing God from creation' - the Pope presents the Catholic middle ground in explaining the vitality of these early Old Testament writings. Beginning each homily with the selected text from Genesis, the Pope discusses, in turn, God the creator, the meaning of the biblical creation accounts, the creation of human beings, sin and salvation, and the consequences of faith in creation. In the Beginning presents a compelling account of the value of creation for our times.